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Re:Katie's New Face by skookumchuck on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:27AM (#17772143)
The Germans during WW2 had the best plastic surgery for burns.
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Re:Katie's New Face by NeedMoreTea on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:48AM (#17772724)
Do you have any citations or history books you'd recommend? That flies in the face of everything I've ever seen or read, and is not mentioned, even briefly, on Wikipedia as far as I can see.

McIndoe gets extensive entries both for himself and under plastic surgery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_McIndoe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery#Development_of...

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Re:Katie's New Face by skookumchuck on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:43PM (#17786464)
My source is family experience with it. Sorry it's anecdotal. I imagine much was lost in the war and its chaotic aftermath.
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